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Energy obtained from sources that are essentially inexhaustible, unlike, for example, the fossil fuels, of which there is a finite supply. Renewable sources of energy include wood, waste, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal energy.

• Is using a wood fire to heat being Green?
  We look at whether using a wood fire to heat your home is being really green or not.

• The hidden impact of polluted snow
  Black carbon soot has surprising new effects in snow.
• ‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
  Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters
• BBC: “India’s solar boom faces a hidden waste problem”
  "... trace toxic metals like lead and cadmium can pollute soil and water if mishandled ..."
• Study: Earth’s growing heat imbalance – it’s the clouds and natural climate variability
  Understanding this hemispheric “balancing act” helps society focus on the true forces behind global warming—changes in cloud behavior linked to surface warming and natural climate variability
• CLAIM: Feedback loops accelerate warming, other atmospheric changes in Arctic
  Researchers claim "Oil-field emissions reshaping regional atmospheric processes."
• All operational US liquefied natural gas terminals have violated pollution limits, says report
  Analysis of public records comes as Trump administration aims to fast-track approval of new LNG export terminals
• While Sadiq Khan Frolics on Billionaire Pal’s Gas-Guzzling Superyacht, Ulez is Exposed as a Money-Making Scheme at the Expense of Hardworking Londoners
  Ulez isn’t salvation for respiratory disease; it’s a revenue ruse cloaked in corrupted science, waging a punitive assault on motorists. As London’s Blade Runners symbolise, resistance grows. While Khan gambols in his buddy’s superyacht, London’s...
• As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?
  We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power
• Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution
  A 30-year effort driven by long-term policies is finally paying off in Santiago in Chile – but the challenge is far from over
• How cutting US air pollution could save 6,000 lives a year by 2030
  Shift from fossil fuels could lower deaths from particle pollution in some states by 19% in five years, study finds

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